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Do you lose alot of arrows?

Started by vanishing point, July 12, 2007, 03:17:00 PM

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vanishing point

I`m pretty much a daily shooter.I have a black hole target and a 3D deer.I usualy shoot between 10 and 30 yards.On some days i lose no arrows at all other days maybe 3.I know i should put up a back stop!I was wondering how many arrows do you lose?I am pretty good at finding them and have a metal detector but i still manage to lose some.

Curveman

I sending my arrow guy's kids to college, let's put it that way! I can't resist taking those "fun but impossible shots" between saplings etc. I figure it is fun. It is cheaper than golf or handgun shooting. Oh yeah, it is FUN! It's funny though how I will shoot a few boxes of ammo and not even think about the money but then it'll really annoy me to lose an arrow because:"I know RIGHT where it went!"  :biglaugh:
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Mike Burch

Heck No!!

I don't lose'em, they hide from me and I don't like playing hide and seek, so I leave'em there.   :D    :p    :knothead:  

Mike

BobW

You are supposed to be able to shoot them again?
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Over&Under

They play with you too Raw?    One day they will get tired of hiding and come out.  Especially when they see how much fun their replacements are having...LOL!!!!!!

I have a good back stop so I dont loose many, but that is only because I have a good back stop.
Otherwise, I could not support my habit...

Jake
"Elk (add hogs to the list) are not hard to hit....they're just easy to miss"          :)
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Blackhawk

We must all sacrifice an arrow occasionally to appease   :notworthy:  the "Arrow Gods"...but losing 3 a day at practice would be too much for me to stand.  :banghead:
Lon Scott

Patience

I have a hungry lawn also! I see them go, but sometimes can never find them??

madness522

If one looses arrows one must learn to do the arrow search suffle.  I have perfected it!!
Barry Clodfelter
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pointy sticks

It is mandatory to loose one arrow from each dozen    :readit:   . Once you have chosen the "one " the rest should follow the rules and fly straight    :thumbsup:   . That is unless the chosen sacrifice arrow has had time to corrupt the others then , well you don't stand a chance    :archer:   . You'll find you hate to loose them and will start to shoot much better, or look a lot harder to find them .   :biglaugh:
make em pretty and shoot em straight.

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bentpole

LOL.Aim small miss small!!By the way I can send you my mini dachshund Roxey she'll find them arrows for you! Better get them away from her quick though she rips the feathers off the arrows.

Mike Burch

QuoteOriginally posted by madness522:
If one looses arrows one must learn to do the arrow search suffle.  I have perfected it!!
LOL! I have too!

robtattoo

I treat 'em like shotgun shells. If I miss a clay, I don't go lookin' for the shot!
I can almost guarentee to lose/re-plant one out of every dozen I make, usually the first time I shoot 'em!  :D

Don't think of it as 'losing', think of it as 'returning them to the wild'  :D  :D
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dachba

I just lost my first one in a long time and it was brand new!  It's all the fault of my "new to me" Fedora Jr. Big East.  I'm now taking shots way to long for my skill level  :)   I spent 1/2 hour looking for the bugger and finally figured it must have skipped and went in the river.

Dave in Ft. Collins, CO
Dave from North Bend, Oregon

mcgroundstalker

What's cool is when ya lose an arrow at a 3D shoot and it is found in the "lost arrow" bucket the next time you go to that club to shoot! Sometimes even a year later.  ;)

... mike ...
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

Pops

Did you ever notice that when your at a 3-D
shoot and you are inspecting the back side of the target for wear you find everyone else's arrow but yours. Is that a man law.

Dave Coalter

I just look at it as an opertunity to make more. I don't normaly loose very many break them well now that's a differant story, I too like to try to make the shoots between the little saplings. Got to love it, You have to enjoy the aroma cedar.
Inside every old man there is a young man asking what the heck happened.

BMOELLER

I went and bought a kids metal detector.  I think it was around 30 bucks and I have found every arrow that happened to miss and buried in the grass.  Paid for itself already.  Wise investment.
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huntnut

The ones I can't find my lawn mower finds for me ouch
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OzarkRamblr

I don't consider it losing them. I consider it donating them to nature so I can build more.

It never hurts to appease the archery gods....   :thumbsup:
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Traxx

I hate loosein arrows.I hate lookin fer lost arrows even more.The Country around here,is arrow eatin.Im goin to Orange Shafts with Neon Yellow,fletch n nocks.I figure if i cant spot those,then theyve earned the right,ta stay there.
Target archery is seeing how far away you can get and still hit the bull's eye. Bowhunting is seeing how close you can get and never miss your mark.

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